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Achilles

“Greek mythological hero of the Iliad; root meaning of Akhilleus unresolved” — Ancient Greek (mythological name) origin

Boy's name · #1290 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Achilles reached its best rank, #857, in 2018 and ranked #1290 in 2025. Roughly 3,800 boys have been named Achilles since 1912.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,300 boys in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Achilleses

• Achilles Tatius — ancient Greek novellist
• Achilles Painter — ancient Attic-Greek vase-painter of the red-figure style
• Achilles Alferaki — Russian composer (1846–1919)
• Achilles Papapetrou — Greek physicist
• Achilles Statius — Portuguese humanist

In stories & tradition

• Achilles — Iliad · The Divine Comedy
• Achilles Alexandrakis — fictional human
• Achilles de Flandres — Ender's Game hexalogy

What Achilleses become

Among 87 notable people named Achilles:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.55× more often than among typical names — e.g. Achilles Papapetrou, Greek physicist.

Similar names: Zephyr · Akiva · Daemon · Giannis · Genesis · Zeus

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